Iron County register., 1887-05-19
Miscellaneous Items.

The ST. Louis Schwaben Unterstuetz-
ungS At recent meeting made arrange
ments for their usual Schwaben Festival
next fall.
Ada Vaughan, twelve-year-o old girl of
Butler County, was shot to death by some
unknown miscreant.
Jesse James, Jr., has secured position
as office boy in the real estate office of
Crittenden Bros, Kansas City.
The Grand Commandery, Knights Tenn
plar of Missouri, met in st. Louis on the
10th inst.
Mrs. Tyler, wife of Colonel John F. Ty-
ler, of st. Joseph, died a few days ago,
after an illness of three days. Mrs. Ty-
ler's maiden name was Ellen j. Spratt.
Real estate in independence continues
to boom, and evidences are manifested
every day that Independence is to be, and
is now becoming, the popular residence
suburb of Kansas City. This is evidenced
by the fact that Kansas City men are buy
ing property in the city.
Barney McCash, a st. Louis painter,
thirty.eight years old, while at work on a
building, few days ago, fell from the
third story, and received INJURIES about
the head, face and body that may prove
fatal !,
James Ring, boiler maker in the en-
ploy of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad at st. Joseph, was taken to the
insane asylum a few days ago. He has
shown symptoms of insanity for some
time past, and recently broke INTO violent
paroxysms, requiring the united strength
of several men to hold him. The eXamin-
ing physician attributes the cause of his
malady to drinking water in which sui
phur had been deposited in large quanti-
ties.
Henry Harris, a workman on the Santa
Fe extension at Kansas City, was fatally
crushed between two fiat cars a few days
ago. He was from Stockdale, Pa.
The ST. Joseph City Council unanimously
passed the amended ordinance granting
franchise TO James Lillis and VIM. 7.
Johnson, of Kansas City, to build cable
line Work on the road will be begun in
few days.
Catherine Meinhardt, over seventy years
of age, attempted to commit suicide by
jumping into the river at st. Louis few
days ago. Private Watchman Hogan saw
her movement and rescued her.
A Mrs. Crawford was found dead in bed
at her home in st. Joseph a few days ago.
When found the corpse was in shocking
condition, she having been sick about ten
DAYS with no one to care for her during
her illness.
T.. A. Harris & Wilson, real estate agents
of Kansas City recently bought for an
Eastern syndicate forty acres OF land east
of Kansas City of Mrs. Annie E. Dof-
femeyer for 1920, ,O0O or s., 500 per acre.
This is the largest sum ever paid for
large acre-tract outside of the city.
Probably another homicide has been
added to the criminal history of st. Jo-
seph Charles Bluford, colored, struck
boy, named Thomas Powers, on the head
with club, few days ago, crushing the
skull and producing fracture which the
physicians say must necessarily prove
fatal.
The stables of Patterson Stewart,
horse-dealer, were burned a few nights
ago, entailing a loss of $4,000, with so,ooo
insurance. A number of valua bic horses
were burned During the progress OF the
fire the residence of Mr.. Stewart, opposite
the stables, were entered by burglars,
who secured gold watch and thirty dol
lars in money.
Fine weather .or growing crops.
Mrs Thomas Berry, the wife of a freight
conductor on the Missouri, Kansas q
Texas railway, residing at Sedalia, while
laboring under temporary alteration OF
mind, few days ago, attempted SUICIDE
by throwing herself in front OF moving
train. She was rescued just in the NICK
of time.
MIS-. susan u1ty years u oSSf
became engaged in a dispute with Susan
e. Smith, her blind daughter, at their
home in ST. Louis a few evenings since,
and Was stabbed by the latter with a ta-
bic fork, receiving dangerous wound IN
the left lung. The daughter was locked
up.
The Legislature met in special session
on the 11th.
Surveyors were at work on branch
road from Carrollton to st. Joseph. The
road runs via Cameron and Kingston. 1t
is learned that work on the road Will be
begun as soon as arrangements can pc
perfected, which will be in a few days
Zach Taylor, prominent and well-to-do
farmer Of Lafayette County, living about
seven miles southwest of Aullville, was
assisting two negroes in performing
surgical operation on a calf a few days
since at his farm, when the animal sud
denly gave the hand in which Mr.. Taylor
held sharp knife kick, driving the
knife forcib)y into Mr.. Taylor's breast,
producing almost instant death.
The strawberry crop has been retarded
by the late cold rains